Did The Economy Just Stumble Off A Cliff? | Zero Hedge The signs are everywhere for those willing to look: something has changed beneath the surface of complacent faith in permanent growth. When credit stops expanding, the economy stumbles into recession. Back in the real world, have you noticed a slowing of animal spirits borrowing and spending? H...

On Eve of NAFTA Re-negotiations Manufacturing CEO’s and Richard Trumka Drop Masks… | The Last Refuge The transparency is obvious for anyone who has followed the history of motives behind U.S. business entities, and affiliates, who each have vested financial interests in global manufacturing exploitation to the detriment of America's economic intere...

Trade Wars Begin: Trump Announces 20% Tariff On Canadian Softwood Lumber Imports | Zero Hedge "We’re going to be putting a 20% tax on softwood lumber coming in, a tariff on softwood coming into the United States from Canada" said Donald Trump, and Wilbur Ross added that "we tried to negotiate a settlement but we were unable." http://www.zerohedge.c...

Trump State Department Approves Keystone XL Pipeline - Creating THOUSANDS of New Jobs TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today announced that the U.S. Department of State has signed and issued a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL Pipeline. via www.thegatewaypundit.com http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/0...

Behind The Smiles: China "Prepares For The Worst", Will Counter All US Trade Penalties | Zero Hedge "There is still room for both sides to resolve problems through co-operation and consultation, rather than just resorting to retaliation," said a Chinese policy adviser who added that "we should have plans in case things go wrong." http://www.zerohed...

Donald Trump Inauguration Speech Transcript | The Daily Caller Donald Trump just addressed the nation for the first time as president. Here's what he said minutes after being sworn in on the steps of Capitol Hill. http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/20/donald-trump-just-addressed-the-nation-for-the-first-time-as-president-heres-what-he-said/ "Today's ce...

Global Trade Just Snapped: Container Freight Rates Plummet 70% In 3 Weeks | Zero Hedge "This market is looking like a disaster and the rates are a reflection of that," warns one of the world's largest shipbrokers, but while The Baltic Dry Freight Index gets all the headlines - having collapsed to all-time record lows this week - it is the spefics b...

Ex-Mexico president sees cocaine, heroin legal in decade - Yahoo News Canada When Fox, a former Coca Cola executive, won the presidency in 2000 as the candidate of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) it ended 71 years of uninterrupted rule by Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). via Drudge Report ca.news.yahoo.com/mexican-...